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PM calls for improving last mile delivery for ease of doing business

December 14, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need to improve last mile delivery and focus on streamlining procedures to improve ease of doing business.  He said it would improve not just the “...

India, Russia express satisfaction over progress in bilateral defence ...

December 14, 2018

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Russian counterpart General Sergei Shoigu on Thursday expressed satisfaction at the dynamism and progress in bilateral defence cooperation.  Both the minis...

India requests Saudi Arabia to increase India’s annual Haj quota in 20...

December 14, 2018

India has requested the Saudi Arabia Government to increase India’s annual Haj quota in 2019. Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made this request to Saudi Arabia Haj and Umrah Ministe...

EU, 5 other foreign missions ‘deep concern’ over Pak’...

December 14, 2018

The European Union (EU) and five other foreign missions in Islamabad today expressed “deep concern” over Pakistan’s move to terminate the operation of the 18 international non-gover...

Dissolution of Parliament by President unconstitutional: Lankan SC

December 14, 2018

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that dissolution of Parliament by President Sirisena is unconstitutional.  The seven-member judge bench unanimously said in the judgment that it was ...

President Kovind inaugurates 5th Enterprise India show in Yangon, Myan...

December 13, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 5th Enterprise India show in Yangon, Myanmar today which was hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Co...

India ready to support fellow countries in achieving development goals...

December 13, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, India is one of the first countries to advocate focused attention on adolescence and implement a full-fledged health promotion and prevention programme for them...

Retail inflation hits 17-month low at 2.33% in November

December 13, 2018

Retail inflation eased to a 17-month low in November this year at 2.33 per cent, mainly due to decline in prices of kitchen essentials like vegetables.  According to the provisional data of Ministry ...

Lankan Parliament passes motion expressing confidence in ousted PM

December 13, 2018

Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday passed a motion expressing confidence in Ranil Wickremesinghe to function as the Prime Minister and forwarded it to President for action.  The motion was passed wit...

British PM Theresa May wins confidence vote in her leadership of Conse...

December 13, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party. She got support of 200 MPs while 117 MPs voted against her.  The confidence vote was trigg...